反撃能力「必要」６割超　防衛費増額、５割近くが容認―時事世論調査

　時事通信が１０～１３日に行った６月の世論調査で、自民党が保有を提言する「反撃能力」（敵基地攻撃能力）が必要かどうか尋ねたところ、「必要だ」が６０．９％で、「必要ない」の１９．２％を大きく上回った。「どちらとも言えない・分からない」は１９．９％。
　自民党支持層では「必要だ」が７２．９％、「必要ない」は１０．１％だったが、公明党支持層は「必要だ」５１．９％、「必要ない」３６．５％。野党内で「必要だ」を比較すると、立憲民主党支持層３９．６％に対し、日本維新の会支持層は約２倍の７８．９％だった。
　また、国内総生産（ＧＤＰ）比で現在１％程度の防衛費について、今後どうすべきか質問したところ、「１％程度を維持」が３０．３％で最も多かった。ただ、「１～２％未満の範囲で増額」２６．７％と「２％以上に増額」２３．０％を合わせた増額容認派が５割近くに上った。「減額」は４．７％で、「分からない」は１５．２％。
　調査は全国１８歳以上の男女２０００人を対象に個別面接方式で実施。有効回収率は６１．７％。（2022/06/16-17:02）

Over 60 pct of Japanese people believe it is necessary for the country to possess counterstrike capabilities, as proposed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a Jiji Press opinion survey showed on Thursday.
   In the survey, 60.9 pct of respondents said Japan possessing such capabilities is necessary, while 19.2 pct said it is not necessary. The remaining 19.9 pct said that they cannot choose a side or that they have no idea.
   Of those supporting the LDP, 72.9 pct said it is necessary, and 10.1 pct said it is not. Among supporters of Komeito, the LDP's junior coalition partner, the figures came to 51.9 pct and 36.5 pct, respectively.
   In the opposition camp, the proportion of respondents backing the need to possess the capabilities stood at 39.6 pct among supporters of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and 78.9 pct among those of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party).
   About the size of Japan's defense budget, 30.3 pct of respondents said the ratio of defense spending to gross domestic product should be kept at the current level around 1 pct.